| 单词 | to drive home |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto drive (something) home Phrases P1. intransitive. to let drive. Chiefly with at (formerly also †upon): to attack or set upon a person with blows, a weapon, etc.; to launch an attack. Also transitive: to aim (a missile, blow, etc.) at someone.In quot. 1545 apparently treated as a compound, with the second element inflected.In quot. 1989 with punning allusion to the luxury car market. ΚΠ 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 41v Drawyng and withdrawing his shafte when he list, markynge at one man, yet let driuyng at an other man. 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. i. f. 3 Vpon whom he let driue with greate violence. 1583 R. P. tr. P. de la Sierra Second Pt. Myrror of Knighthood i. i. f. 1 The exceeding fiercenesse with which they let driue their blowes. 1778 Cervantes' Life & Exploits Don Quixote Abridged v. 32 They unbuckled their slings, and began to let drive about his ears with stones as big as one's fist. 1893 ‘R. H. Jayne’ Through Apache Land xx. 173 He let drive a sledgehammer-like blow straight from the shoulder. 1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life I. 212 As they advanced, the Ruskies let drive with their big guns. 1926 Travel Nov. 58/2 I let drive for the point of his chin, and he went down and out for a full count. 1989 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 17 May (Late ed.) 13 (headline) Japan lets drive at elitism. P2. In various proverbial phrases with the devil as subject, expressing the concept that circumstances sometimes compel a person to act in an uncharacteristic (often reprehensible) way. See also needs must when the Devil drives at needs adv. 5. ΚΠ 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lv. sig. Aa vv Forth he must (they say) that the deuill doth driue. 1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacie sig. I3 He is in hast whom the diuel driues. 1701 Eng. Gent. Justified i. 25 When th' Devil drives, who dares presume to stay? 1770 J. Burgess Beelzebub driving & drowning his Hogs 12 They run fast whom the devil drives. 1916 Rev. Wartime Work Young Women's Christian Assoc. 6 But the Devil drives when the world's at war. 1965 B. Baldwin Red Dust xiv. 147 Incredible what you can do when the devil drives, isn't it? 2010 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 30 July (Arts section) 10 A simply structured, elegantly dispensed cycle of songs that allows Rogers to ruminate wryly..on the things we do when the devil drives. P3. to drive (something) home. a. transitive. To cause (something) to move to the proper or expected place or position using a thrusting, hitting, or pushing action. ΚΠ 1587 W. Bourne Arte of Shooting (new ed.) 2 You must..put vp the pouder with the rammer head somewhat close, and the wadde to go close in, and driue it home vnto the pouder, but beate it not in too hard. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 58 Coopers..driving home their Hoops. 1839 J. Timbs Year-bk. Facts Sci. & Art 42 The wedge-stone is driven home. 1983 Buck & Hickman Catal. 1983–5 section 1. 70 A firm push drives the pin home. 2017 P. Pullman Belle Sauvage vi. 110 To avoid bashing the glass with the hammer he put the side of a chisel on the sprig and tapped the hammer against that to drive it home. b. transitive. figurative. To make (a message, concept, etc.) clearly understood, esp. by the use of repeated arguments or forcefully direct reasoning or evidence.See also to drive the nail home at nail n. Phrases 1c. ΚΠ 1614 M. Mosse Iustifying & sauing Faith 85 This doctrine..would be seriously and effectually driuen home by Exhortation to the hearts and consciences of the hearers. 1788 M. W. Sacred Outcry i. 5 A few Particulars may set this Matter in the strongest Light, and drive it home upon the Mind. 1891 Law Times 90 459/2 The enormity of a particular case only drives home upon the public mind the evils of perjury. 1980 Newsweek (U.S. ed.) (Nexis) 8 Dec. 53 Philosophers have always said that man and his monuments are insignificant, but an earthquake drives the message home. 2011 A. Gibbons Act of Love (2012) i. 13 Rafiq drives the point home. ‘I think they're going to lock us up and throw away the key.’ P4. to drive a coach and six (horses) through something: see coach n. and adv. Phrases 3. P5. U.S. to drive the centre (also cross, nail): to hit the centre of a target; to make a perfect shot. Now rare.figurative in quot. 1892. ΚΠ 1775 Virginia Gaz. 7 Sept. One of the men took the board, and placing it between his legs, stood with his back to the tree, while another drove the center. 1831 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 293 Those [marksmen] who drive the nail have a further trial amongst themselves. 1835 A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 276 He was very confident of..driving the cross with her [sc. a gun]. 1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant xviii. 170 You've hit it; you've driven the centre; you've plugged the bull's-eye of my dream. 1952 Rec. Herald (Waynesboro, Pa.) 1 Nov. 2/1 After a preliminary wobble, the reckless marksman blazed away and drove the nail, and won! P6. to drive a pen (also quill): to write, esp. (in earlier use) as a means of earning a living.Cf. to push a pen at push v. Phrases 5. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [verb (intransitive)] awriteeOE writeOE scrievec1390 to drive a pen (also quill)1788 pen-and-ink1801 screeve1851 pen1904 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings I. i. vii. 82 If he had employed his time in..driving the quill in the East Indies, he might..have been by this time a Member of Parliament by purchase. 1803 M. Cutler Let. 21 Feb. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 131 I am compelled to write them as fast as I can drive my pen. 1878 W. Besant & J. Rice By Celia's Arbour I. vii. 95 One of half a dozen who..drove the quill for very slender wage. 1945 Macleay Chron. (Kempsey, New S. Wales) 20 June 4/4 Bill Smith and Jack Jones..left school the same day—Bill to go into the Commonwealth Bank, Jack to drive a quill for the Bank of Australian Antarctica. 2016 Forward (Nexis) 26 Aug. 32 A writer splits into two personas: a social being..and a shadowy second self, seated at his writing table in the dark, feverishly driving his pen. P7. Golf. to drive the green: to hit the ball from the tee on to the green in a single shot. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (intransitive)] > types of stroke putt1690 approach1887 duff1890 to drive the green1892 hack1893 sclaff1893 press1897 chip1903 bolt1909 to chip in1914 double-bogey1952 bogey1977 1892 Standard 16 May 6/5 Roland..tried to drive the green. Though a good stroke it was an error to attempt it, and the ball fell into the bunker. 1934 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 21 Sept. 12/8 She drove the green with a long and true tee smash. 2013 Independent on Sunday 10 Nov. (Sport section) 19/5 Dubuisson..drove the green at the 15th to claim a hat-trick of birdies. P8. Basketball. a. drive and dish. (a) In the verb phrase to drive and dish (the ball): to dribble the ball forward towards the basket and then pass to another teammate to shoot the basket. Also with off (esp. in early use). ΚΠ 1975 Daily Press (Newport, Va.) 19 Jan. d11/6 Penetration is my kind of game. I love to drive and dish the ball off to the open man. 1983 Washington Post 6 Apr. d 3/2 The play was..‘designed to get the ball to Whitt at the top of the key, so he can drive and dish it off or go one on one for the shot’. 2019 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 22 Dec. (Sports section) 64 They crowded Antetokounmpo when he had the ball, so he drove and dished to open teammates on the perimeter. (b) As an adjectival phrase (in attributive use, usually with hyphens): designating a move, style of play, etc., in which an attacking player dribbles the ball forward towards the basket and then passes to another teammate to shoot the basket. ΚΠ 1984 Star-Democrat (Maryland) 26 Jan. b1/3 Emory seemed unstoppable on the 'drive-then-dish' moves and when his man gave him some space, the 5-7 senior popped in two straight from the top of the key.] 1990 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 22 June 5 c/3 The next echelon of point guards includes Harvey, who has classic drive-and-dish moves and a consistent—not streaky—jump shot. 2010 Daily Globe (Worthington, Minnesota) (Nexis) 12 Mar. A drive-and-dish basket..got the Patriots on the board nine seconds in. (c) As a noun phrase (sometimes with hyphens): a move in which an attacking player dribbles the ball forward towards the basket and then passes to another teammate to shoot the basket. Also (esp. in early use) drive and dish-off. ΚΠ 1981 Boston Globe 12 Feb. 49/6 Bird capped a dramatic 6-for-6, second-period shooting display with a gorgeous drive and dish-off to Rick Robey for the half's final bucket. 1990 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 12 Dec. Orlando is not known for his drive and dish, but it was a very big pass. 2015 K. Waltman Pull 238 Drew..rips past for a drive-and-dish. b. drive and kick. (a) In the verb phrase to drive and kick (the ball): to dribble the ball towards the basket and then pass to another teammate, typically at the three point line, who has a clear shot at the basket. Also with out. ΚΠ 1989 Los Angeles Times 22 May iii. 10/1 If you play [Johnson] soft, he has three options that can kill us—pull up for the jumper; drive and kick [pass to teammates]; or drive. 1990 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 15 Nov. We played unselfish basketball, looking to drive and kick it out to the open man. 2016 N.Y. Times 7 June (Late ed.) b 15/1 ‘He drove and kicked, and their defense was collapsing,’ said Green, who torched the Cavaliers for 28 points, with five 3-pointers. (b) As a noun phrase (sometimes with hyphens): a move in which an attacking player dribbles the ball towards the basket and then passes back to another teammate, typically along the three point line, who is in a better position to shoot. ΚΠ 1990 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 8 May Sports 1/3 You don't want to give Kevin three things: the jump shot, the drive and kick and his own drive to the basket. 2011 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 17 Nov. b3/3 Oladipo had eight points and four assists, mostly on drive-and-kicks to Jones in the corners. (c) As an adjectival phrase (in attributive use, usually with hyphens): designating a move, style of play, etc., in which an attacking player dribbles the ball towards the basket and then passes back to another teammate, typically along the three point line, who is in a better position to shoot. ΚΠ 1996 N.Y. Times 25 Apr. b 17/5 For the last three days, they have been working incessantly on dissecting the staple of Coach Mike Fratello's offense, known in hoopspeak as the ‘3-Point Drive and Kick Game’. 2019 Times West Virginian (Fairmont) (Nexis) 29 Dec. Harvey stuck another triple off a drive-and-kick assist from Gorman. < as lemmas |
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